Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 204 Everyone here is trash!
In addition to the ever-increasing number of challenge letters, Lu Jin also noticed a letter in his inbox.

Lu Jin opened the letter and began to read it.

—【Inheritor Netherworld King, my Ancestral God Cult is the largest power in the original universe, and also the power with the largest concentration of special life forms in the universe. All special life forms are welcome to join. If you have the intention to join the cult, please reply in time.】

Signed: Bloodfire God General

'An invitation from a divine general?'

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow.

The generals of the Ancestral God Sect are not weaklings; their strength is at least at the level of a cosmic overlord, and there are many top-tier cosmic overlords among them.

Should I agree now, or wait until after the match?

Lu Jin glanced at the challenge letters that had now soared to 20,000 and pondered.

Now that he had come to the Ancestral God Sect, and first there was the message of the Two-Faced Ancestral God's treasure, and now there was an invitation from a divine general, Lu Jin naturally would not refuse to join.

Joining the Ancestral God Cult has few disadvantages and few restrictions. The Ancestral God Cult's biggest requirement for its members is to cultivate diligently and strive to give birth to at least one True God before the end of this cycle of reincarnation.

To prevent the mighty first power of the original universe from being directly destroyed after this cycle of reincarnation ends.

As for the benefits, you won't have to worry about treasures, as there are powerful figures in the sect who can provide them in the early stages.

In the later stages, when even the powerful figures in the sect can no longer afford to give treasures, they are still supported by the primordial will.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Jin sent a positive reply to the Bloodfire God General.

There's actually no difference between accepting a challenge before it's been submitted and accepting one after it's been submitted.

The Ancestral God Sect is very generous and doesn't lack 'gifts' at all. Whatever talent he can display, he can obtain treasures of a certain level.

Even if we are limited by our current strength, it is not advisable to give away too powerful treasures, lest they attract the covetous eyes of powerful individuals.

As his strength increased, the three ancestral gods were also generous in bestowing treasures upon him.

Aside from their supreme treasures, in terms of the configuration of their treasures, the experts of the Ancestral God Sect are definitely above average, even the most incompetent ones.

However, there is one thing to worry about: his identity will eventually be exposed.

Isn't this kind of deceiving the feelings of the Ancestral God Cult a bit of a scumbag behavior?

'The fundamental will is certainly aware of my situation, and may have even been paying attention to me for a while. If the fundamental will doesn't mind me taking advantage of it for free, then why am I even bothered?'

Thinking this way, Lu Jin felt at ease.

Those who become inheritors are rarely lone wolves; they are almost always backed by a powerful force.

The general information about the Underworld King was quickly uncovered by a large number of inheritors.

In their eyes, as a special life form, the Water Qilin clone was not even invincible at the King level, which shows that its understanding of the laws was rather weak, and it probably had not cultivated the Amplification Secret Technique.

Relying on the fair battle mechanism of the Glory World, there are quite a few inheritors who feel confident of victory and are filled with jealousy.

In less than 15 minutes, Lu Jin received more than 30,000 challenge letters.

'Looks like I'm nowhere near as hated as Luo Lao Er?'

Recalling Luo Feng's more than 600,000 battles in the Glory world in the original work, Lu Jin thought to himself.

With over 30,000 challenge letters, I estimate I can get around 30,000 Glory Points. 100 Glory Points can be exchanged for one Inheritance Opportunity, so I can get about 300 opportunities.

It's probably enough for him to use alone.

Moreover, if the Water Kirin clone later joins the Ancestral God Sect and there is a lack of opportunities for inheritance, the Ancestral God Sect will most likely give it away for free.

But in Lu Jin's view, Glory Points are not cheap. Even if they are not resold for profit, it is good to swindle a few Glory Points from the alien inheritors, even if it is only one point from a single alien inheritor.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Jin said loudly, "Everyone, please be quiet and look this way."

Upon hearing this, many of the inheritors in the square looked at Lu Jin with a hint of surprise.

What kind of trouble is this King of the Underworld up to?

"Hum~"

Clearing his throat, Lu Jin said arrogantly, "I consider myself the number one genius in the universe, and I have even won the favor of the primordial will, opening the treasure of the third peak of the treasure land."

And what was the result? Do you really look down on the number one genius in the universe like that? A mere thousand challenge letters, what good are they?
I'm not bragging, but even if you guys were tied together, you wouldn't be a match for me.

By the way, I'm not targeting anyone in particular, I'm saying everyone here is trash!

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire Glory Plaza erupted in cheers.

"Damn it, are all of you trash?"

"How can this guy be so arrogant?"

"Damn it, I still have one more honor point, let's do it!"

"Hmph~, just a mere special life form, what's with the arrogance? In the battle world, it's all about real skill. Even someone as strong as the Insect King had to bow down back then, didn't he? Netherworld King, if you've got the guts, bet three Glory Points with me!"

"As rumored, this junior is indeed arrogant. I, the Thousand-Handed King, will have a go at you!"

As expected, once the mockery started, many of the inheritors who had initially thought there was too much competition and were too lazy to join in the fun immediately started clamoring to teach Lu Jin a lesson.

Lu Jin remained unperturbed, maintaining his 'kingly disdain' demeanor as he looked disdainfully at the large number of alien inheritors in the square, secretly pleased with himself.

On the black book, the number of challenge letters, which had previously stopped increasing after exceeding 30,000, has now begun to surge rapidly again.

Before long, when the rate of increase in challenge letters slowed down again and eventually stopped, the number had exceeded 130,000.

"Okay~"

Although he was still far inferior to Luo Feng in the original novel, the number of 130,000 challenge letters was enough to satisfy Lu Jin's appetite.

However, to be fair, this year's villainous supporting characters are quite impressive! Their IQs haven't dropped by much?

In Lu Jin's view, of the more than 130,000 alien inheritors who sent challenge letters, only a very small minority were planning to win his glory points; the vast majority wanted to tear his mouth apart.

After all, each newbie only has 3 Glory Points. If they keep losing, they can lose them all in three matches, and the probability of them getting a turn is extremely low.

Lu Jin said, "Since you have sincerely challenged me to a duel, then I will mercifully grant your wish."

With that, Lu Jin accepted all the challenges.

As Lu Jin accepted all the challenges, one of his Glory Points, and one of each of the 130,000 inheritors' Glory Points, were directly locked by the Glory World's intelligent system.

If Lu Jin loses all his Glory Points in the subsequent battles, the one Glory Point that was locked for the 130,000 Inheritors will be unlocked.

If Lu Jin's Glory Points remain at one or more, then the Glory Points locked by these 130,000 Inheritors will not be able to lose to other Inheritors through battle.

It is precisely because of this locking mechanism that Luo Feng in the original novel was able to obtain a large number of Glory Points.

Otherwise, after learning that Daohe Wang was an extremely ruthless person, they would definitely rather give him to their own clan than lose their Glory Points to Luo Feng.

"Damn! This guy is still pretending!"

"When it comes to showing off, the Netherworld King is indeed one of the top two among the more than 90 million third-level inheritors."

"What's the use of pretending? In the universe, strength speaks for itself. The better you pretend, the faster you'll die."

"Many have sent challenges to the King of the Underworld, but how many do you think he dares to accept?"

"Hmph~, in my opinion, as long as there are more than three letters, then whether it's four letters or a hundred thousand letters, it's all the same."

"That's right. The Underworld King is a newbie with only 3 Glory Points. It doesn't matter how many he accepts, because once he runs out of Glory Points, the battle is over."

"Hahaha~, with the protection of the primordial will, the Underworld King has accepted my challenge. It looks like I, the Thousand Claw King, will be able to get some Glory Points today!"

"I have received the notification to accept the battle."

"I received it too."

The world of glory, the world of battle.

On the boundless wilderness, Lu Jin stood in mid-air with four wings outstretched behind him and four hooves treading on the air.

Although in battles within the Battle World, inheritors at the third level and below cannot use treasures that surpass G-rank immortal divine weapons.

However, G-grade immortal weapons can still be used at will. Lu Jin directly scanned and copied the G-grade versions of the Azure Heaven Armor, Azure Heaven Wings, and Azure Heaven Claws.

Surprisingly, compared to reality, his strength in the battle world has actually increased rather than decreased.

It's true that he can't use powerful treasures and supreme treasures, but he is no longer a flesh and blood body at the level of a World Lord. Instead, he has a peak divine body at the level of a King, possessing the power of a World Lord at the ninth level ten thousand times. His basic strength is nearly ten times stronger than that of a World Lord with perfect genes in reality.

Moreover, the peak divine body of the King-level can burn divine power, and the boost to strength is no less than that of the Azure Abyss in reality.

It's a pity that Lu Jin had no intention of revealing the true size of the water unicorn clone.

Because of his disguise using the False Form Divine Power, his divine body in the battle world is only five meters tall, not the actual 90,000-plus kilometers.

Otherwise, he would be an invincible symbol among the third-level inheritors, unless his opponent is an invincible king who excels in soul techniques.

While a massive physique doesn't offer a significant advantage at the World Lord level, once one reaches the Immortal level, the enormous divine body becomes a super blood bank.

Even if a divine body spanning over 90,000 kilometers simply takes a beating without retaliating, and the opponent exhausts their own divine power with an attacking secret technique, they still cannot inflict even 1% damage on the divine body, let alone when heavy treasures and above are disabled.

Just then, a strange laugh came from afar: "Hehehe—, King of the Underworld, you've finally fallen into my hands!"

In the distance, on the wasteland, appeared a creature a hundred meters long, with two pairs of antennae on its head, its body covered in a ferocious red carapace, and a thousand legs. At first glance, it looked somewhat like a red centipede.

Amidst the grotesque laughter, Thousand Claw King stared intently at Lu Jin in the distance with his four pairs of crystalline red eyes, and said, "Netherworld King, how many Glory Points do you have left? Are you willing to make a big bet with me?"

"You lowly scum, you are lucky to be the first opponent I defeat in the world of glory. This will be the greatest honor of your life."

Lu Jin raised his head and said.

With his divine body not being large enough and only having three Glory Points, Lu Jin wouldn't choose to go all in.

Otherwise, what if you encounter a tough opponent right from the start and suffer a setback, losing all your Glory Points in one game?
In these 130,000 challenges, he would only gamble the most basic 1 Glory Point for each battle, since one Glory Point was enough for each battle anyway.

Thousand Claw King: "."

"All you do is talk, go to hell!"

The Thousand Claw King's aura surged, and without hesitation, he burned his divine power, transforming into a streak of crimson light as he charged toward Lu Jin. "Hmph~, you don't know what's good for you."

Lu Jin said coldly, also unleashing his divine power.

'tumultuous--'

At this moment, Lu Jin felt an unprecedentedly powerful force.

Both significantly boosted strength, but in Lu Jin's own experience, the thousand-fold increase in combat power after burning divine power was different from the attack power boost brought by possessing a supreme treasure.

"Destroy all directions!"

As the secret technique was activated, a claw shot out, triggering the law of water and air fusion. Amidst the endless misty water vapor, a ferocious beast claw, ten thousand feet long, with five huge claw blades at the front and covered with dense blue-gold scales, slammed down towards the charging Thousand Claw King, carrying the power to annihilate all things.

"boom--"

Space trembled and shattered, turning into turbulent currents. The Thousand Claw King, struck by the ten-thousand-foot-long beast claw, had its divine body shattered.

Immediately afterwards, the immortal divine body of the Thousand Claw King reassembled.

Sensing the extent of the damage to his divine body, Thousand Claw King's expression changed drastically, and he roared in terror, "Impossible! How could you possibly destroy 3% of my divine body in one move?"

One claw strike caused him to lose nearly 3% of his divine body. Doesn't that mean he can only withstand a dozen or so claw strikes?
"die!"

Lu Jin's eyes turned cold, and he once again activated 'Ten Directions Annihilation'.

So what if one's understanding of the law of water and space fusion hasn't reached the third level of perfection?

With his divine body amplification a hundredfold, his strength in the world of Glory is not much weaker than that of a successor who has reached the third level of the Fusion Law and possesses a peak secret technique.

The only ones who can truly overwhelm him are a very small number of third-level inheritors who possess ultimate secret techniques.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Just two seconds later, after more than ten exchanges, the Thousand Claw King, whose size was not particularly large, had his divine body completely annihilated.

The next moment, Lu Jin recovered some of his depleted divine power and began the second battle.

At the same time, the newly 'resurrected' Thousand Claw King was about to rant when his figure vanished, and he was kicked out of the battle world.

During the break between the two battles, Lu Jin glanced at the black book and saw that the Glory Points displayed on it had increased by 1 point, reaching 4 Glory Points.

Soon, a second opponent appeared on the distant wasteland.

In the battle world, the fighting continues, but Glory Square is in an uproar.

At first, it wasn't a big deal, since truly ruthless individuals were only a minority, and among those who lost to the successor of the Underworld King, their strength was generally not strong.

In addition, the Glory Plaza is extremely large, and the hundreds of millions of inheritors are divided into many groups, which seriously hinders the flow of information.

But as time went on, more and more inheritors were quickly defeated, and the alien inheritors in the square realized that something was wrong.

Especially when a successor of the third level of the Fusion Law, who is invincible in reality and holds the power of a king, reveals that he lost 7% of his divine body in order to win over the Netherworld Queen.

The alien inheritors in the square then realized that the extremely arrogant Netherworld King might not be invincible among the more than 90 million third-level inheritors, but he was definitely among the top.

"Damn it! I've been tricked?"

"Hahaha~, there are idiots every year, but there are especially many this year. How many are there again? More than 100,000, right? Luckily, I didn't lose my temper."

"Damn it, all that hard work I put in for an entire era to earn just to lose that one Glory Point is about to slip away?"

"You're lucky, you didn't lose all your Glory Points three times. I lost them six times and waited ten thousand eras to save up one Glory Point!"

"Brother, take it easy. I heard there's some unlucky guy in the Northern Frontier Alliance who's already lost all his points six times. If he keeps living, he won't be able to get any more Glory Points until a hundred million epochs later."

After fighting continuously for more than ten hours and engaging in a thousand battles, Lu Jin finally stopped fighting temporarily.

As the one who was invited to fight, Lu Jin had one advantage.

That means he can fight whenever he wants.

As long as he has fought in the battle world within three days, he can arrange when to fight at will, without having to fight all 130,000 battles in one go.

Playing a thousand matches a day, or 130,000 matches, would only take a little over four months.

Opening the black book, Lu Jin nodded in satisfaction upon seeing the 997 wins and 3 losses displayed on it.

Since there is no significant damage reduction from the powerful armor, most battles are very quick, with the outcome decided in just a few seconds. In fact, the intervals between battles are longer.

At first, Lu Jin would try to use his wit and persuasive skills.

But later on, he stopped wasting words and just kept killing without saying a word.

As for the three matches they lost, their opponents were indeed formidable, having reached the third level of perfection in their fusion of laws, possessing peak secret techniques, and all of them possessing considerable divine bodies.

Even though he was much stronger than his two opponents in terms of amplitude secret techniques, the slight difference in his understanding of laws and secret techniques, coupled with the difference in the size of his divine body, made him no match for them.

Fortunately, opponents of this caliber are ultimately few and far between, and are not a serious problem.

"Huh? There's a reply?"

Suddenly, Lu Jin noticed a new email in his inbox.

—【Your Majesty, the inheritor, welcome to the Ancestral God Cult】

After discussion, it has been decided that your initiation ceremony will be held after you have completed the more than 100,000 challenges you have accepted. At that time, the Thunder Beast God will descend to bestow treasures.

In addition, you will receive more rewards if you perform well in the battles.

Signed: Bloodfire God General

After reading the letter, Lu Jin raised an eyebrow slightly.

If the Thunder Beast God himself bestows treasures, they must be of the supreme treasure level, and if nothing unexpected happens, there will be at least two.

Joining the Ancestral God Cult guarantees at least one item, with an additional item awarded for outstanding performance in battle.

'Should I show off my family's wealth?'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

While ordinary treasures of the highest rank are of considerable value, they are of no real use to him.

He wanted to let the Thunder Beast God know his true wealth: his offensive and defensive treasures were all top-tier sets of treasures comparable to ordinary supreme treasures, and he also possessed top-tier treasures of the domain, soul, and palace categories, whose value surpassed that of ordinary supreme treasures.

In that case, if the treasure originally prepared was only of the ordinary level of supreme treasure, the Thunder Beast God would probably feel that it was not presentable and would temporarily replace it with a higher level treasure, right?

Otherwise, you wouldn't even need to use the treasures they offer. What about your dignity as a beast god?
In the following days, Lu Jin followed a very regular routine, fighting a thousand battles every day in the battle world of Glory. After finishing, he would exit Glory and turn to comprehend the laws.

While the Water Kirin clone was fighting in the battle world, the main body, the Netherworld Blood Sea clone, and tens of thousands of Blood God Child incarnations were all comprehending the Water-Void Fusion Law by comparing themselves with the Water Beast God sleeping in the Water Beast God Temple under the thousand-fold time acceleration of the Time Palace.

To be fair, although the Water Kirin clone was quite arrogant, it didn't attract as much hatred as Luo Feng in the original story.

This is determined by racial origin.

The reason is simple: the Underworld King is a special life form and has not explicitly joined any major power.

Even if an arrogant immortal-level special life form is very powerful, the insect, demon, and mechanical races can tolerate it, even though the Netherworld King previously made many of the three races' factions kings in the outer battlefield.

After all, if they want to kill the Netherworld King, the three races need to be prepared to sacrifice a Universe Venerable, and that's without even considering the reaction of the Ancestral God Cult.

It should be noted that the Ancestral God Cult is the stronghold of special life forms.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Netherworld King, who has not yet joined any major power, will eventually choose to join the Ancestral God Cult.

The Ancestral God Cult maintains a neutral stance and will not participate in the struggles between the major powers of the primordial universe.

Naturally, no force would invest heavily in assassinating Lu Jin's water unicorn clone.

Regardless of whether the future Netherworld King can grow up, he will not have a fundamental impact on the Ancestral God Cult, which is the number one power in the original universe.

Time passed, and more than four months later.

"boom--"

In the battle world, the colossal blue-gold claw, covered in scales and stretching for thousands of feet, slammed down once more, shattering the space and turning the opponent's divine body to ashes.

"Tsk~, it's finally over!"

Lu Jin sighed to himself.

After more than four months and over 130,000 battles, it's all over!

Opening the black book, looking at the record of 132526 wins and 93 losses, and 132436 Glory Points displayed on it, Lu Jin nodded in satisfaction.

He lost three out of the thousand battles on the first day.

However, even after more than 130,000 battles have ended, his number of defeats has still not exceeded one hundred.

Judging from his win rate alone, it's clear that his skill level is steadily improving.

In reality, it's been more than four months, but inside the Thousand Times Time Palace, it's been more than three hundred years.

Over the years, Lu Jin has certainly not stood still.

Thanks to his numerous bodies and the ability to obtain the Water Beast God for free, he has raised his understanding of the Water-Void Fusion Law to a level that is only half a step away from the third level of perfection.

Furthermore, as the battle progresses, they engage in combat with numerous powerful beings from various races across the universe.

The Immortal-level peak secret technique 'Ten Directions Annihilation' has also been improved somewhat, and its power is stronger than when it was first used.

With improved understanding of the laws and enhanced power of secret techniques, even if a qualitative change has not yet occurred, Lu Jin's strength has still increased to a certain extent, naturally increasing his chances of winning.

"Shh!"

After exiting the battle world, Lu Jin appeared in Glory Square.

"Netherworld."

Upon seeing Lu Jin's figure, a three-meter-tall, burly man in ice armor, whose body seemed to be encased in ice and whose appearance resembled that of a human, greeted him from the gathering place of the Ancestral God Sect's subordinate groups not far away.

The burly man in ice armor was none other than the Insect King, an immortal-level special life form possessing five thousand times the life genes.

(End of this chapter)